shelfboy68
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Problem is we would lose the game anyway as it was away from home at one of the top six, and we already know the script for this don't we?.
Clattenberg: "My game was to let Tottenham lose the title"
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Problem is we would lose the game anyway as it was away from home at one of the top six, and we already know the script for this don't we?.
shelfmonkey
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Two things about this part of your post.
Firstly, surely a referee should not be refereeing if he is caught gambling, particularly if he's gambling on football.
Secondly, why the hell was he given only an 8 month ban, should've been for life and why wasn't he locked up, death threats are a criminal offence!!?
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This is just a really strange thing to come out with. I can see his point that he didn't want to be blamed for costing anyone the title, but he's basically admitting to not applying the rules. Did he apply the same rules to the Chelsea players because he didn't want to cost Leicester the title?
After these comments you'd have to question some of the other decisions that he 'missed' in other big games that he's taken charge of.
After these comments you'd have to question some of the other decisions that he 'missed' in other big games that he's taken charge of.
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I'm of the belief the refs this season in particular are most definitely not treating us with an even hand, it's just so obvious!
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Very funny but so true as well.
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Quite honestly, if anything of that ilk came to light can you imagine the ramifications for the league? Fuck it, not just Clattenburg but any top level official in England? The FA ....
tiger666
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He issued a threat to a business associate involved in an electrical company not gambling debts. The threat was "Check you can use our companies (sic) money to fund your legal crusade against me. If not, taking me to court might cause your family some pain."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-Here-8217-s-ref-Mark-Clattenburg-banned.html
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I have been saying for ages we have a problem with the officials in this country, either through incompetency, personal bias or corruption, take your pick.
Some will have people believe that the PL is uncorruptible and every official is 100% professional and comes into each game with a clear mind and no personal motivations, I think that's a load of bollocks and another example of people ignoring blatant examples of officials being unprofessional.
Note, that when I say "corruption" I do not mean refs being paid off specifically to throw games (although I do believe that exists in football) I am talking about how they allow outside influence or their own personal bias to dictate how they approach games which just ties back into what I have said before with how much influence the media has on this game.
The Leicester season and what their players were allowed to get away with made me suspicious, what has happened since and the recent performances of refs (not just in our games but in other PL games) have all but confirmed it to me.
This is why I think we desperately need video refs, Clattenburg is a prime example of a person with a position of influence in a game ignoring the rules and creating his own because of what is said outside of that game, if that isn't unprofessional and a clear indication that these refs do as they please rather than what the games laws state then I don't know what is.
Mike Dean for example, last few games he had seemed desperate to make sure people don't see him as a "spurs fan" I genuinely believe that.
That performance from Atkinson the other day was another blatant example of a ref doing what he wishes rather than following the laws of the game.
I think the problem is they are never held accountable and are protected to the point of being bulletproof, it's a joke, their only job should be to fairly officiate a game, all this personal bias shit and being told how they "even up" games should be shamed as unprofessional.
Some will have people believe that the PL is uncorruptible and every official is 100% professional and comes into each game with a clear mind and no personal motivations, I think that's a load of bollocks and another example of people ignoring blatant examples of officials being unprofessional.
Note, that when I say "corruption" I do not mean refs being paid off specifically to throw games (although I do believe that exists in football) I am talking about how they allow outside influence or their own personal bias to dictate how they approach games which just ties back into what I have said before with how much influence the media has on this game.
The Leicester season and what their players were allowed to get away with made me suspicious, what has happened since and the recent performances of refs (not just in our games but in other PL games) have all but confirmed it to me.
This is why I think we desperately need video refs, Clattenburg is a prime example of a person with a position of influence in a game ignoring the rules and creating his own because of what is said outside of that game, if that isn't unprofessional and a clear indication that these refs do as they please rather than what the games laws state then I don't know what is.
Mike Dean for example, last few games he had seemed desperate to make sure people don't see him as a "spurs fan" I genuinely believe that.
That performance from Atkinson the other day was another blatant example of a ref doing what he wishes rather than following the laws of the game.
I think the problem is they are never held accountable and are protected to the point of being bulletproof, it's a joke, their only job should be to fairly officiate a game, all this personal bias shit and being told how they "even up" games should be shamed as unprofessional.
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TheChosenOne
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I don't suppose he happened to mention Pedro Mendes and Old Trafford in his enlightened memoirs eh ?
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No what he has said is by the laws of the game he should have sent three players off and he chose to ignore the rules.
How many other occasions has he decided to just pick and choose what laws to follow and what to ignore?
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And how many other refs have done the same in this league? I am willing to bet all of them and I am also willing to bet it happens in nearly every game
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1) He is obviously a prick
2) Most of you are losing it over a rain drop from the past, when it seems we have quite the ocean to tackle now.
2) Most of you are losing it over a rain drop from the past, when it seems we have quite the ocean to tackle now.
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Essentially he put the Chelsea players in danger (who wouldn't, right) by not enforcing the rules.
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Clattenburg left his job as a Premier League official earlier this year to become head of referees in Saudi Arabia.
Says it all really.
Says it all really.
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